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Metro closed as Greek unions hold new general strike against cuts
1. Wide of Acropolis hill with Parthenon temple
2. Wide exterior of metro station
3. Close up of metro station sign reading: (Greek and English) "Akropoli" (Acropolis)
4. Wide of empty metro stairway
5. Pan of gate with sign informing...
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ITALY: FISHERMEN REMAIN ON STRIKE OVER BOMBS SAFETY
Italian/Nat
Italian fishermen are continuing to strike until authorities take urgent steps to ensure their safety.
In the last week, fishermen have hauled in at least 30 suspected NATO bombs with their nets.
Fishermen working along the...
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Rail workers protest over government strike policy
1. Rail striker smashes firework on ground with hammer to ignite it
2. Various of rail strikers walking behind banner and carrying flags
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Voxpop:
Q. What are you asking for?
A. More financial means for a real...
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USA: WHITE HOUSE TERRORIST TARGETS PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The United States is reporting moderate to heavy damage to the targets struck in a cruise missile attack on suspected terrorist sites in Sudan and Afghanistan.
Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering said the aim was to...
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Ferry crews continue strike action despite order to return to work
1. Wide of striking port workers and supporting unionists forming line in front of police
2. Wide of striking port workers forming line holding sticks
3. Mid of people loading onto government-controlled ship
4. Wide of people walking...
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Union members go on strike and join the protest movement
Istanbul
1. Wide of union march arriving at Taksim square
2. Various of marching protesters carrying banners and flags
3. Protesters carrying huge banner, responding to man chanting with microphone
4. Pan of protesters in Taksim square...
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Transport chaos as workers strike
1. Wide exterior of Athens International Airport
2. Mid of airport with traffic control tower seen at right
3. Entry into departures terminal
4. Wide of departures terminal with boards listing departing flights seen overhead
5....
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Air France flight attendants strike over lay off plans
1. Wide of passenger looking at departures board inside the terminal of Charles de Gaulle airport
2. Mid of passengers inside terminal
3. Close up of information monitor reading: (French and English) "Air France commercial crews on...
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Miners have another day to return to work after police killed 34 striking workers
Striking miners remained defiant on Monday, four days after police shot dead 34 of their compatriots, with at least two thirds of them staying off the job.
The Lonmin PLC platinum mine has extended its ultimatum by a day, saying strikers...
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Demo in support of striking workers in Guadeloupe and Martinique
1. Wide of demonstrators at protest in support of striking workers in Guadeloupe and Martinique
2. Various of demonstrators chanting
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Denis, demonstrating in support of striking workers in Guadeloupe and...
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RUSSIA: TEACHERS BEGIN NATIONWIDE STRIKE
Russian/Eng/Nat
Schools emptied all over Russia on Wednesday as thousands of teachers began a nationwide strike to claim $730 (m) million in unpaid wages.
Union leaders said teachers from 10-thousand schools in Russia would stop work...
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Bank staff protest at austerity measures
A second week of strike action by Greek employees of the formerly state-owned ATEbank (Agriculture Bank of Greece) continued on Wednesday.
Over five thousand employees of the formerly state-owned ATEBank are protesting a government...
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France -Strike Closes Eiffel Tower
A strike by night workers at the Eiffel tower closed the monument to visitors for the third day running on Wednesday (22/5)... leaving 15,000 visitors locked out of France's most popular attraction. 100 of the 180 workers have blocked...
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MEXICO: TEACHERS STRIKE PUTS STRAIN ON EDUCATION SYSTEM
Spanish/Nat
A recent wave of strikes by Mexican teachers has put a strain in the country's education system.
Teachers are demanding a 100 percent salary increase, claiming their current pay is not enough to cope with recession.
But...
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Latest as protests continue in front of refinery
1. Wide of refinery striking workers gathered around fire in front of the refinery's gate
2. Wide of refinery's chimneys
3. Wide of banner
4. Close up of Total logo
5. Set up of CGT Trade Union member, Franck Manchon
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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Italian car workers strike in protest at huge job cuts
1. Wide shot of FIAT employees on Palermo-Catania highway
2. Close up of worker crossing the road with red flag
3. Medium shot of truck driving by at high speed
4. Medium shot of workers stopping cars
5. Various, workers invading the...
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GWT: Australian Commander Maurie McNarn on Baghdad advance
1. Australian National Commander for the Middle East Brigadier Maurie McNarn walking into briefing room
2. Side shot of McNarn
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brigadier Maurie McNarn, Australian National Commander for the Middle...
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Belgian GM workers react to German Opel strike
1. Various exteriors of Opel factory
2. Set up shot of Opel Director of Public Affairs Marco Van Riel
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marco Van Riel, Opel Director of Public Affairs:
"So last week GM Europe announced a cost cutting plan, a pan...
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VOICED Anti-US protests and statement by Indonesian President
0000 US and British flags being burned
0004 Mid shot protesters standing around burning flags and effigy
0015 Close up burning effigy
0017 Protesters waving chanting
0022 Police firing water cannon
0028 Wide shot protest
0032 Mid...
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Italy/Bosnia - Leighton Smith On NATO Action
The commander of the allied forces in southern Europe, US Admiral
Leighton Smith, said NATO had resumed its bombing attacks against
Bosnian Serb targets on Wednesday morning (6/9). At a news
conference in Italy on Wednesday, Smith said...
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Pilots call four-day strike biggest since 1998
1. Passengers in airport departure lounge
2. Close up of strike sign on departure screens
3. Passengers looking at departure screens
4. Woman looking at departure screens
5. Tilt up to departure screens
6. Passengers queuing
7....
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Striking teachers' march arrives in capital
1. Various of Oaxaca protesters marching in Mexico City
2. Set up of interview with teacher Alfredo Chio
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alfredo Chio, Oaxaca teacher:
"We are going to establish ourselves at the Senate so that they fulfill...
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Metro workers choose not to join strike + comment from OAS secretary
1. Demonstration of bank workers union
2. Close up demonstrator
3. Wide shot of man walking with poster " The bank is also Venezuela. We are on Strike"
4- SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Elias Torres, President of Fedebancas
"The document...
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Serbia - Teachers and lawyers join strikes
Lawyers and striking teachers on Friday (31/1) took to the streets of Belgrade to protest against the Serbian government of President Slobodan Milosevic.
Widening the protest to strike action, thousands of teachers called for the...